He says development of many of the social housing projects, like the Foreshore, Helen Bowden Nurses’ Home and Maiden’s Cove sites, has been stalled either due to litigation issues or forensic investigations due to correct processes not being followed.

But Nkosikhona Swartbooi, head of Ndifuna Ukwazi, says he still believes the government is not prioritising affordable housing in the inner-city.

“It’s easy for big property companies to get access to our land, to build an exclusive and racist development that pushes people to be on the outskirts. If you look at what’s happening in Woodstock now, many big companies are buying the last remaining pieces of land,” said Swartbooi.